PopCap Turns Plants Vs. Zombies Into a Shooter

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Opening Electronic Arts’ press conference at the Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles this morning, EA Chief Operating Officer Peter Moore teased the first game of the conference: a new entry in “a beloved franchise that has captivated millions of fans worldwide.”

The video following, however, proved not to be the military shooter that it initially appeared to be, but rather Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare.

Developed by PopCap Games using the Frostbite 3 engine that powers Battlefield, Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare is a third-person action title set in the Plants vs. Zombies universe that combines shooter and tower-defense gameplay mechanics. Players may take control of familiar zombie-slaying plants such as the Peashooter, Cactus, Sunflower, and Chomper. Gameplay footage showed multiple players working together in a 3-D environment to defend the garden from oncoming waves of the zombie horde.

Garden Warfare is set to debut on the Xbox One, but will be coming to Xbox 360 sometime after that.